Quotes from authors – A Source of Inspiration and Insight

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

Write drunk, edit sober. – Ernest Hemingway

We are all fools in love. – Jane Austen

Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King

You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. – Albert Einstein

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. – Jack Kerouac

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. – E.E. Cummings

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. – Vince Lombardi

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb

Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. – Oscar Wilde

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer

A room without books is like a body without a soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only way to have a friend is to be one. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. – J.K. Rowling

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

All you need is love. – John Lennon

Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. – Paulo Coelho

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

Success is not in what you have, but who you are. – Bo Bennett

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll

The power of imagination makes us infinite. – John Muir

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates

The only journey is the one within. – Rainer Maria Rilke

Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw

A goal without a plan is just a wish. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. – William Saroyan